Trump Prods Italy On NATO Spending
Italy's defense spending and NATO featured heavily in President Trump's joint press conference with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni.
LEARN MORENATO Officially Welcomes A New Member
After years of work, NATO officially inducted its 29th member nation — and Russia isn't pleased.
NATO Officially Welcomes A New Member
U.S. Department of State
June 5, 2017
The NATO military alliance has officially welcomed the small Balkan country of Montenegro into its ranks.
The move has been in the works for years and has been deeply divisive in the country. NATO actually bombed parts of Montenegro in 1999, back when it was part of Yugoslavia.
Now that Montenegro's in the alliance, it could face the same pressure President Donald Trump has been putting on NATO members to pay 2 percent of their GDP to the organization.
Montenegro can't really make much of a financial contribution to the organization either way. Its fair share would only total about $80 million — lower than every other country's current rate of funding.
But the accession represents a symbolic snub to Russia, which has historic and cultural ties to the nation. Russia's Foreign Ministry said it "reserves the right to take counter-measures" to Montenegro's accession.
Russian drones kill 4 at Ukraine dorm, as rival summits end
A high school and two dormitories were partially destroyed in the overnight drone attack.
US announces $350M in additional military aid to Ukraine
The latest aid package includes various types of ammunition, such as rockets and grenade launchers, as well as fuel tanker trucks and patrol boats.
0:36
Vladimir Putin makes first trip to illegally-annexed Mariupol
The surprise trip also comes one day before Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit Moscow.
Top Stories
10:24
Why does today's audience say certain fictional characters are gay?
In this segment of "Pop Quiz," Scripps News explores how historians and viewers are speculating about queer subtext in new and old media.
2:50
Los Angeles school support staff at an impasse in higher pay talks
Cafeteria workers, bus drivers and other school support staff employees say the district isn't meeting their requests.
3:01
This basketball magazine is mixing art with 'outlandish' sport stories
Flagrant Magazine is carving out its own space in the sports media industry by mixing abstract basketball art with culture stories from off the court.
